Title The Young Lords : a reader / edited by Darrel Enck-Wanzer ; foreword by Iris Morales and Denise Oliver-Velez

Published New York : New York University Press, [2010] ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: Why Read the Young Lords Today? -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Toward Understanding the Young Lords -- 1. Young Lords Platform and Rules -- 2. The Ideology of the Young Lords Party -- 3. The Origins and History of the Young Lords -- 4. On History -- 5. On Education and Students -- 6. On Revolution, Nationalism, and Revolutionary Nationalism -- 7. On Women in the Revolution -- 8. The Garbage Offensive -- 9. Health and Hospitals -- 10. The People's Church -- 11. Social Justice Programs -- 12. Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editor Summary The Young Lords, who originated as a Chicago street gang fighting gentrification and unfair evictions in Puerto Rican neighborhoods, burgeoned into a national political movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with headquarters in New York City and other centers in Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, and elsewhere in the northeast and southern California. Part of the original Rainbow Coalition with the Black Panthers and Young Patriots, the politically radical Puerto Ricans who constituted the Young Lords instituted programs for political, social, and cultural change within the communities in which they operated. The Young Lords offers readers the opportunity to learn about this vibrant organization through their own words and images, collecting an array of their essays, journalism, photographs, speeches, and pamphlets. Organized topically and thematically, this volume highlights the Young Lords OCO diverse and inventive activism around issues such as education, health care, gentrification, police injustice and gender equality, as well as self-determination for Puerto Rico. In recovering these rare written and visual materials, Darrel Enck-Wanzer has given voice to the lost chorus of the Young Lords, while providing an indispensable resource for students, scholars, activists, and others interested in learning about this influential grassroots OC street political OCO organization." Analysis Puerto Rican community activism Street politics Grassroots activism Puerto Rican activists' writings Notes Editorial Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-246) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Young Lords (Organization) -- History -- Sources Young Lords Party -- History -- Sources Organización Obrera Revolucionaria Puertorriqueña -- History -- Sources SUBJECT Organización Obrera Revolucionaria Puertorriqueña fast Young Lords (Organization) fast Young Lords Party fast Subject Puerto Ricans -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- Sources Civil rights and socialism -- United States -- History -- Sources Social justice -- United States -- History -- Sources Puerto Ricans -- Ethnic identity -- Political aspects -- United States Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Sources Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Political activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography Readers. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Civil rights and socialism Ethnic relations Political activists Puerto Ricans Puerto Ricans -- Political activity Puerto Ricans -- Politics and government Puerto Ricans -- Social conditions Social conditions Social justice Puerto Ricaner Soziale Situation SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Sources New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- Sources New York (N.Y.) -- Biography Subject New York (State) -- New York United States New York, NY Genre/Form Biographies History Sources Form Electronic book Author Enck-Wanzer, Darrel, editor. Morales, Iris, author of introduction, etc. Oliver, Denise, author of introduction, etc LC no. 2010020183 ISBN 9780814722930 0814722938 9780814722732 0814722733

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